Pua Case: Balancing self-care and frontline activism in defense of sacred lands (ep293)
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Pua Case joins us in this episode to share:
why there has been a growing movement, led by Hawai’i's Native peoples, to protect Mauna Kea;
how she cares for her holistic wellbeing as a frontline protector of Mauna Kea;
what brings her great hope amidst the challenges they've faced as land defenders;
and more.
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Here’s Pua on creating harmony between self-care and community care:
“Young people, those of you just getting in the movements, those of you watching us, those of you admiring, respecting, and honoring us: We are speaking out—myself included—because we want you to be healthy in order to do the work at hand. In order to safeguard the places, our lifeways, and our people, you have to be healthy.
I see that in my own daughters: They are taking more time to know that you have to do both simultaneously. And through all that, your base, your foundation, your spiritual tie with the divine, and the knowing that you are the spark of manna that comes from the creation and the creator and that you are connected in that way, is strong.
I share this because I know the next generation of leaders. If anything, I’m going to say to them: Be healthy. Take care of your spiritual, emotional, and physical health as you stand, as you breathe, as you do what you need to do.
Don’t sidestep your health like many of us have had to do.”
About Pua Case:
Pua Case (Instagram: @protectmaunakea; Facebook: Mauna Kea Education and Awareness; Personal Instagram: @puacase; Personal Facebook: @pua.case) was born and raised on the Island of Hawai’i surrounded by the high mountains of Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa, Hualālai and Kohala, the fresh waters of Kohākōhau and Waikoloa and the plains of Waimea.
Pua serves on various educational and cultural boards and is the Lead Coordinator of Mauna Kea Education and Awareness, an organization that educates and raises the awareness of communities in Hawaiʻi and beyond on the spiritual, historical, cultural, environmental, and political significance of Mauna Kea. Pua has been a part of the Mauna Kea Movement over the past ten years and has been involved in both community and frontline actions to safeguard the mountain and unify peoples of all nations in a collective mission to network, plan, and support one another.
Puaʻs work is one of commitment, dedication, and passion with a focus on incorporating her native prayers, chants, dances, spirit, and cultural and traditional values and lifeways into all efforts and actions to set a precedence of protocols for social and environmental justice and positive change for the highest good for the earth.
